A tiger walks the same worn groove along the edge of its exhibit, like a broken record. A parrot methodically plucks out its own feathers until bare skin shows through. To a casual visitor, these can ...

The ocean surrounding Japan is changing at a rate that baffles experts, with consequences affecting local fishing and culture ...

There are also definitions of what constitutes abnormal behavior based on statistical frequency. This interpretive inference is unfair to the individual based on a biased random sample or casual ...

A Michigan family of four who hadn't been seen or heard from for days after the father called 911 and exhibited paranoid behavior has been found safe in Wisconsin, police said Sunday. NBC affiliate ...

Q:A recent column mentioned an arthritic cocker spaniel that had taken to sleeping behind bushes, something he had never done before. This reminded me of my elderly dachshund who apparently suffered a ...

But successful societies have recognized that, to be successful, this freakish, perverted element of society must not become too large or influential, or they will disrupt the whole fabric and moral ...

Detail that zoochosis can come from a variety of factors, including social isolation, small enclosures, noisy visitors, and lack of enrichment. Explore how zoos are working to reduce zoochosis through ...

Often “crazy” behavior is adaptive, and a coping response a dimension of resilience, and sometimes not. Source: Creative Commons Pxfuel There is great debate as to the validity of the psychiatric ...